Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
This is definitely another off the long White Whale list, as I think I’ve checked it out from the library a number of times before finally cracking it open this time around. Best "you'd like this if you liked" that I can give is likely Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. What an excellent, well … [Read more]
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
What a quirky book, but one that I found lovely in its own way. The focus is on the friendship between four old women who have, over time, created a home together in a eccentric manor where they can be themselves. There’s a lot of messaging around identity and found family which was well done, … [Read more]
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
First, for whomever needs to hear this: if you don’t remember the prior books in great detail, worry not. I was quite stressed that I wouldn’t remember enough to understand what was going on, but as always Sanderson is a reader’s writer and knows how to seamlessly remind you of the most salient … [Read more]
The Clockwork Ice Dragon by Liz Delton
The Clockwork Ice Dragon is kind of a mix of “Gift of the Magi”, Polar Express, a romance, and a steampunk science adventure. The characters and the world have some good promise; the one problem really is that the novella just doesn’t have the space to really get into the details that would make the … [Read more]
See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Are we in the Pacific Northwest? Are our leads Jewish? It must be a Rachel Lynn Solomon novel! I kindly jest, because I find Solomon a pretty engaging writer, especially when she’s writing about younger characters (Today Tonight Tomorrow remains my favorite, I think). This time, we tackle ones of … [Read more]
Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
The thing is that I want to like Dade a lot more than I actually do. I keep putting these books on hold hoping that I’ll enjoy the execution as much as the premise, but as it were there’s a consistent mismatch. Of all the novels so far, as it were, I think that this book held the most promise for … [Read more]
